San Pedro de Macorís () is a

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of the

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, also the name of its

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. The city is fairly active due to its proximity to the national capital of

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and also its role in the

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. The province is informally known as San Pedro, SPM or Serie 23 for the first two numbers of their Dominican identification or Cedula. Citizens from San Pedro de Macorís are called ''petromacorisanos''. The culture of the province shares many similarities with those of the other eastern provinces. For example, during

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season, the ''diablos'' (devils) (Guloyas/ Buloyas) tend to wield ' (whips), which relates to the traditional cattle farming of the whole region. Serie 23 is a mecca for all Dominican culture and was the home to the DR's most famous writer,

Pedro Mir Pedro Julio Mir Valentín (3 June 1913, San Pedro de Macorís – 11 July 2000, Santo Domingo) was Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent po ...

. In the past years the beautiful architecture of Serie 23 has been used as a backdrop for several Hollywood feature films, such as ''Miami Vice'', '' The Good Shepherd'' and ''Sugar''. It often stands in for

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, Cuba.

Municipalities and municipal districts

The province as of June 20, 2006, is divided into the following

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(''

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s'') and municipal districts (''distrito municipal'' - D.M.) within them: San_Pedro_de_Macoris,_Dominican_Republic

* Consuelo *

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* Quisqueya * Ramón Santana *

San José de los Llanos San José de los Llanos is a municipality (''municipio'') of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there are two municipal districts (''distritos municipales''): Gautier and El Puerto. Notable pe ...

** Gautier (D.M.) ** El Puerto (D.M.) *

San Pedro de Macorís San Pedro de Macorís is a city and Municipalities of the Dominican Republic, municipality (''municipio'') in the Dominican Republic and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís Province, San Pedro de Macorís province in the east region of the ...

The following is a sortable table of the municipalities and municipal districts with population figures as of the 2012 census.

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population are those living in the seats (''cabeceras'' literally heads) of municipalities or of municipal districts.

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population are those living in the

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s (''Secciones'' literally sections) and

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s (''Parajes'' literally places) outside of them. For comparison with the municipalities and municipal districts of other provinces see the

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Economy

There are several ' (sugar mills or, literally, sugar engines) distributed in the province which handle the load of its large sugar cane plantations. This industry in turn allowed for San Pedro De Macorís to serve as the base of operations for two of the DR's three biggest rum distilleries. Bovine cattle is another important economic asset, as it is in all of the other eastern provinces thanks to the vast ''Llanura Oriental'' (Eastern Plain). San Pedro also hosts many hotel and tourism ventures, ranging from low-tier resorts to top tier exclusive Golf and Country Clubs.

Sports

The province enjoys a rarely disputed reputation as the capital of Dominican baseball, providing a relatively high number of professional

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players. Many of these players are drafted to play in the USA's Major Leagues of Baseball, with

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being the most notable player from SPM in recent years (see a full list of Dominican players). Baseball players from this city often come from poor homes and use baseball as a way to earn money for their families. Many ball players from this city are major philanthropists as well.

References

External links

*
Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Statistics Portal of the Dominican Republic
*
Oficina Nacional de Estadística, Maps with administrative division of the provinces of the Dominican Republic
downloadable in

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Municipalities and municipal districts

Economy

Sports

See also

References

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